Ear-ring.



M. L. J. GIRDANY.

EAR RING.

APPLIOATIOH FILED JUNE 3,1908.

943,185. Patented Dec.14,190.

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EAR-RING.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, hIORRIS L. J. GIRDANY, a citizen of the UnitedStates of America, and a resident of the city of Boston, in the countyof Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Ear-Rings, of which the following is aspecification.

My invention relates to improvements in ear ornaments which are fastenedto the ears by means of a friction gripping device (instead of by holesin the ears and hooks or rings) in such a way and by such means as willmake possible a firm, secure, strong, and

locked grip without injuring or tearing the skin of the ears due to theturning of the movable grip either accidentally or intentionally whileadjusting the ornament se curely to the ear. I attain these objects bythe mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure lis a side elevation of an ear ornament showing gripping device operatedby means of a revolving screw, and locking device, and gripstrengthening device, and setting for stone. Fig. 2, an end elevation.Fig. 3, a side elevation of the movable grip mechanism detached from theornament and with the gripping disk detached from it. Fig. 4:, an endelevation of the movable grip mechanism with the gripping disk detached. In Figs. 1 and 2 the gripping disk is fitted loose to the screwG and free to turn on the bearing g- Similar letters refer to similarparts throughout the several views.

The setting for jewels or stones A, the stationary grip B, the loopedwire G, and the nut D, constitute the ear ornament; and the travelingscrew G, the traveling grip E, and the screw head J, the grippingdevice.

The grip reinforcing device consists of the disk F which carries thelugs f and is strongly and securely fastened to the screw G in such aposition that the ends of the lugs f just clear the rim of the grip E sothat the gripping disk E when it is applied to an irregular surface willbe prevented from being forced out of the vertical and also from bendingor loosening its attach- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 3, 1908.

Patented Dec. 14c, 1909.

Serial No. 436,507.

ment to the screw G. The locking device consists of a traveling nut Hwhich may be jammed against the fixed nut D thereby jamming and lockingthe screw G until the lock nut H is slackened and backed oil.

The operation of the instrument is as follows :The lobe of the ear isinserted in the opening between the stationary grip B and the movablegrip E. The width of the opening may then be lessened, thereby grippingthe ear, by turning the screw G. When any portion of the periphery ofthegrip E strikes the irregular surface of the ear, any further pressure onthis grip tends to throw it out of vertical and injure the loose jointat g and this is prevented by the lugs f which prevent any movement fromthe vertical of the rim of the disk E. When the grip E is screwed upsufficiently tight to keep it in place it may be locked and the screw Gbe prevented from turning while the wearer is dancing or exercising orunconsciously meddling with it, by screwing the lock nut H up againstthe nut D. The ornament is taken off the ear by loosening and backingofi the lock or am nut H and then turning the screw G.

The movable grips in the ear ornament art to-day in common use arerigidly fastened to turning screws and turn with them, and the defectsof these instruments are :-1. The turning grip lacerates the skin of thecar when screwed up hard and turned. 2. The grip works loose and the earornament is lost while the wearer is exercising or after unconsciouslytampering with and loosening it. 3. The movable grip having necessarilya slender fastening to the screw shaft 9 and a comparatively largeperiphery on account of the excessive leverage and strains becomes looseand inoperative or lost altogether in a short time. All of which defectsare remedied for the first time by my invention.

I therefore do not intend to claim such a combination broadly; but,

What I do intend to claim as my invention and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is

1. In an earring, a reinforcing disk provided with lugs or pins andattached to a screw working through a fixed nut. and carwhich travels011 the screw, all substantially rying a loose ear grlpplng disk, forthe puras described and for the purposes set forth. 1O

poses set forth. In testimony whereof I have aflixed my 2. In anearring, the combination of a signature, in presence of two witnesses.

screw, and an ear gripping disk on the end BIORRIS L. J. GIRDANY.

of the screw, and a nut through which the Witnesses:

screw travels, and a reinforcing disk carry- INA BAKER,

ing lugs or pins, and a traveling lock-nut, JOHN J. Bowns.

